3 Mas Tenors this weekend

I just learned of another concert this weekend. This one is called 3 MAS TENORS. The show is billed as Mexico’s answer to the Three Tenor Phenomenon. The concerts will include tenor favorites from opera, zarzuela and Mexican classics at the Josephine Theatre, 339 W. Josephine on May 18-20, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:00pm. Tickets are $30.00. Call 734-4646 for tickets or more information.

The three tenors are:

Alan Pingarron, from Mexico City, is best known for his recent participation in the Latin American opera competition called Opera Prima, of which he won 2nd place. One of the 5 voices that represented Mexico during the country’s centennial celebration, Alan star has never stopped rising. His blindness has never handicapped his possibilities, bringing inspiration and a feeling of accomplishing goals for all he sings for.

Jesús Daniel Hernández, a native of Juárez, Mexico, was discovered by Maestro Plácido Domingo when traveling to San Antonio to hear his idol in concert. Afterwards, while in line for an autograph, the young man spontaneously asked the Maestro for an opinion on his chances of having a career as an opera singer. He was granted an audition on the spot, and immediately invited to join the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program. Now a rising star in the opera world, Hernández has appeared as soloist with the Washington National Opera, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Opera Camerata.

Sergio Blázquez, born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, has returned from Europe after 6 years of performing in some the most important houses and festivals in the world. In 2008, he made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic, in a concert version of Bellini’s Norma sharing the stage with the great soprano Edita Gruberova. After that he performed the role of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the St. Galen Opera House, Alfredo in La Traviata with the Prague Opera, made his NYC debut at Carnegie Hall as Jacopo in I due Foscari by Verdi and his concert debut with the Munich Philharmonic. Recently, he made his debut at the Great Zürich Opera House performing the role of Nadir in Les pecheurs de perles by Massenet, to great acclaim.

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

If Star Wars is more your style, the Symphony POPS is performing the final concerts of the 2011-2012 POPS season at Laurie Auditorium on Friday and Saturday, beginning at 8 p.m.. Sunday afternoon is the final Family Symphony concert of the season. The Family Concert is also at Laurie Auditorium and the Instrument Petting Zoo begins at 1:30 p.m. For more information call the Symphony Box Office at (210) 554-1010.

The Copperleaf Quartet presents their final concert of the 2011-2012 season on Thursday, May 17 at 7 pm at the Southwest School of Art at 300 Augusta Street. There is a meet-the-artists reception at the Plaza Club at 5 to 6:30 pm.

The San Antonio Brass present Olympic Spirit: Faster! Higher! Stronger! on May 22 at 7 pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and on May 29 at 7:30 pm at Abiding Presence Lutheran Church

SYMPHONY LEAGUE CHALLENGE GRANT
The San Antonio Symphony League is offering the community a $25,000 challenge grant in May. They will match new donations to the Symphony one-to-one up to $25,000. For more information on how to make your gift count twice, click here. You may donate securely online on the Symphony web site via this page.